# Faye Yu

Yu Feihong (Chinese: 俞飞鸿; born 15 January 1971), also known as Faye Yu, is a Chinese actress and an occasional film director and producer, best known in the west for Wayne Wang's award-winning American films A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) and The Joy Luck Club (1992). In the Chinese-speaking world she is best known for starring in a number of popular Chinese television series.

## Biography

Yu was born into a senior intellectual family in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on 15 January 1971. Her father graduated from Tsinghua University and her mother graduated from Zhejiang University of Technology. She has an older sister and a younger brother.
Yu was a child actress, having a lead role in the film The Murderer and the Craven when she was only 16. In 1991, while studying at the Beijing Film Academy, China's most prestigious film school, she became the first enrolled student in school history to be cast in a Hollywood production when Wayne Wang selected her for his film The Joy Luck Club. It took 3 months for her to receive an American visa, but Wang stuck with her. She returned to Beijing after filming, taught at the school for a while upon graduation, later studying in Los Angeles, before returning to China in 1998 to star in the television drama Hand-in-Hand which became a huge domestic hit. She followed up on its success with Yuen Woo-ping's 1999 wuxia TV drama Legend of Dagger Li, a Mainland-Taiwan co-production based on the popular Xiaoli Feidao novels.
Between 2005 and 2008 she only chose 1 acting project, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, which briefly brought her back to the U.S. and reunited her with Wang. She spent most of her years then working on Eternal Beloved, her directorial debut that she also wrote (based on a novel), starred in, and produced. The film crashed in the Chinese box office, but won Yu the Best Directorial Debut Award at the Beijing College Student Film Festival.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Bamboo | 竹 | | |
| 1982 | The Brilliant Colored Ball | 闪光的彩球 | | |
| 1987 | The Murderer and the Craven | 凶手与懦夫 | Chen Xiaofen | |
| 1987 | Love in Beijing | 爱在北京 | Yun | |
| 1990 | Factory Girls | 特区打工妹 | Chunhua | |
| 1993 | Beijing Bastards | 北京杂种 | Mao Mao | |
| 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | The Joy Luck Club | Ying-Ying (young) | |
| 1994 | Heaven and Earth | 天地 | Wu Jun | |
| 1995 | Superfights | Superfights | Sally Wong | |
| 1999 | The House | 梦幻田园 | Lei An'an | |
| 1999 | Something About Secret | 说出你的秘密 | | cameo |
| 2001 | X-Roads | 新十字街头 | Mei Qing | |
| 2001 | Beijing Rocks | 北京乐与路 | Qianjie | |
| 2007 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | Yilan Shi | |
| 2009 | Eternal Beloved | 愛有來生 | Mo Xiaoyu | also writer, director, producer Won—Best Directorial Debut, Beijing College Student Film Festival |
| 2010 | Color Me Love | 爱出色 | | |
| 2014 | The Galaxy on Earth | 天河 | | |
| 2014 | The Crossing | 太平輪 | Madame Gu | |
| 2016 | The New Year's Eve of Old Lee | 过年好 | Li Yangduo's partner | |
| 2017 | Wu Kong | 悟空傳 | Hua Ji | |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the Orient Express | Voiced | |
| 2019 | Wish You Were Here | 在乎你 | Yuan Yuan | |
| 2021 | Love After Love | 第一炉香 | Mrs. Liang | |
| 2024 | Decoded | 解密 | Ye Xiaoning | |

### TV Series

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Hand-in-Hand | 牵手 | Wang Chun | Nominated—Outstanding Actress, Flying Apsaras Awards |
| 1998 | Lang Zi Da Qing Chai | 浪子大欽差 | | |
| 1999 | Legend of Dagger Li | 小李飛刀 | Yang Yan | |
| 2000 | Together Life or Death | 生死同行 | Shu Wenjing | |
| 2000 | There Are Dreams in Life | 人生有夢 | Chen Luyi | |
| 2000 | Luan Shi Tao Hua | 亂世桃花 | Liu Xu | |
| 2000 | Ce Ma Xiao Xi Feng | 策馬嘯西風 | Gao Yuhan | |
| 2001 | Third Master's Sword | 三少爺的劍 | Murong Qiudi | |
| 2002 | The Night of Naval Port | 軍港之夜 | Xia Haiyun | |
| 2002 | Chinese Soccer | 中國足球 | Lan Xin | |
| 2003 | The Worry-free Princess | 無憂公主 | Pan Youdi | |
| 2003 | The Grand Mansion 2 | 大宅門II | Wu Yingyu | |
| 2004 | The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty | 大明天子 | Xu Miaoyun | |
| 2004 | Zheng Yi Ling Tian Xia | 正義令天下 | Zhong Ziying | |
| 2005 | Xiang Qi Mi Ren | 香氣迷人 | Yu Su | |
| 2005 | Feng Chui Yun Dong Xing Bu Dong | 風吹雲動星不動 | Yinxing | |
| 2005 | I Love You, Goodbye | 我愛你,再見 | He Dan | also producer, presenter, theme song singer |
| 2011 | Men | 男人帮 | Shanli | |
| 2014 | May–December Love | 大丈夫 | Gu Xiaoyan | |
| 2014 | The Great Southern Migration | 大南遷 | Madame Li | |
| 2015 | The Merchants of Qing Dynasty | 大清鹽商 | Xiao Wenshu | |
| 2016 | The Identity of Father | 父親的身份 | Zheng Yi | |
| 2016 | May–December Love 2 | 小丈夫 | Yao Lan | |
| 2016 | Eastern Battlefield | 東方戰場 | Soong Mei-ling | |
| 2016 | Happy Season | 幸福的季节 | Qin Qin | |
| 2020 | Marry to the West | 洋嫁 | Xie Qiao | |
| 2021 | The Dragnet | 刑警之海外行动 | Shi Yanan | |
| 2021 | Anti-Corruption Storm | 风雨送春归 | Xu Ying | |